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News for the Campus Community — November/December 2004
Richard Himelfarb congratulates President Ramsay at the gala.
President Ramsay Honored with $8 Million Scholarship Fund ED FISHEL
President David J. Ramsay, DM, DPhil, who has led the University during a period of unprecedented advancement over the last 10 years, has been honored with the establishment of the Presidential Scholarship Fund. Contributions totaling more than $8 million already have been made to the fund. The Presidential Scholarship Fund was announced at the annual UMB Founders Week gala on Oct. 14 by Richard J. Himelfarb, chairman of the board of trustees of the University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation, Inc., and senior executive vice president of Legg Mason, Inc. A campaign quietly began last year to raise money for this endowment fund, which is
intended to offset rising tuition costs by reducing student educational debts that often exceed $100,000. The Presidential Scholarship Fund will help the University to continue attracting the best and brightest students. The seed money for the fund was a gift from Bess and Frank Gladhill of Frederick County, Md., parents of Sue Gladhill, vice president for external affairs. Other contributions include three, $1-million gifts from: John Gregory, a graduate of the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, and his wife; Comcast Cable; and friends of former U.S. Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti (see story on page 3). In total, more than 200 individuals and organizations have contributed to the Presidential Scholarship Fund.
During Ramsay’s 10 years as president, the University has attained unparalleled levels of excellence in scholarship and research, service to the community, patient care, technology, homeland security, and economic partnerships. Research dollars have tripled over the past decade and the University has had an extraordinary economic impact on the City of Baltimore, the state, and the region. Ramsay also spearheaded the development of the UMB BioPark, which began construction in January and will accept its first tenants in early 2005. A short video tribute to Ramsay can be viewed at http://media.umaryland. edu:8080/ramgen/oea/ramsay.rm. In announcing the Presidential Scholarship Fund, Himelfarb said, “These generous contributions assure the next generation of deserving students the opportunity to pursue their dreams of becoming dentists, doctors, lawyers, nurses, pharmacists, social workers, and even future faculty members.” “I am honored by this remarkable tribute,” said Ramsay. “The Presidential Scholarship Fund will enhance the University’s endowment and create a foundation for our success, and the success of our students, well into the next decade and beyond.” For anyone interested in making a gift to the Presidential Scholarship Fund, an online giving form is now available at: www.umaryland.edu/givingform. Donors may designate gifts to a particular school or campus program. An honor roll of donors will be published in a spring issue of the VOICE.
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UPM Pharmaceuticals Joins BioPark, Gives to Presidential Scholarship Fund says Harold Chappelear, president of UPM. “The BioPark’s first-class facilities and laboratories will give us the capacity to strengthen our role as leaders in drug development and manufacturing, and creators of new An artist’s rendering of the finished BioPark. drug formulation technologies.” James Hughes, MBA, UMB MIKE LURIE vice president for research and development, says, “Companies When the doors open at the first are finding it very attractive to building of the UMB BioPark locate near the University and next spring, a Baltimore-based work closely with faculty. We are drug technology firm will be delighted to have such a relationamong the first occupants. ship with UPM Pharmaceuticals University Pharmaceuticals of as the first building of the BioPark Maryland, Inc., (UPM) has nears completion.” reached an agreement to lease In a related development, UPM space in the six-story complex that has made a gift of $1-million to the will offer 120,000 square feet for new UMB Presidential Scholarship offices and labs in the 700 block Fund through a gift from Mr. and of W. Baltimore Street, University Mrs. John Gregory. John is an officials announced in October. investor in the company and an The provider of contract drug alumnus of the School of Pharmacy. development, manufacturing, The gift is in recognition of analytical and regulatory consultPresident Ramsay’s support of ing services was formed in 1997 public-private partnerships and the by members of the School of founding of UPM. Pharmacy. The firm embodies UPM will open for business the kind of innovative business in the first of seven buildings development that University planned for the BioPark, which officials are targeting as prospeceight acres of research will feature leaseholders in the BioPark. tive labs, offices, parking facilities, “We are excited about our and green space. The BioPark is working relationship with the scheduled for completion in 2014. University and the BioPark,”
Debate Over Drug Importation Comes to UMB and C-Span Networks MIKE LURIE
Two members of the University faculty sit on opposing sides of the drug importation debate: Should prescription drugs be imported from Canada to help people save money on their medications? Cynthia Boyle, PharmD, director of the Experiential Learning Program, School of Pharmacy, is firmly against the notion of allowing imports, even though price controls make them less expensive. Thomas Perez, JD, assistant professor, School of Law, and Montgomery County councilman, supports the concept. Boyle and Perez’s views are so polarized on this hot topic that the two debated before students and members of the University community on Oct. 27. The debate was held at the School of Law, with David
Knapp, PhD, dean of the School of Pharmacy, serving as moderator. Also on the debate panel were Peter Rost, MD, a vice president with Pfizer Inc., and William Hubbard, a senior associate commissioner for policy, planning, and evaluation at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Perez and Boyle also appeared in August on Maryland Public Television (MPT), sharing their conflicting opinions. “Even though the debate logistics were challenging because Tom was in Rockville and I was in Owings Mills, I have received positive feedback on our televised debate from a variety of people: at work, through organizations, and at home in Harford County,” says Boyle. “I don’t have a scientific sampling, but one of my fellow Maryland Pharmacists Association board members who
saw the MPT interview e-mailed me to say she thought I was informed, controlled, informative, and presented my views with sincerity and intellect. I feel that was true of Tom also.” Colleagues also complimented Perez’s coherent argument on MPT. “With the exception of the biotech industry, the reaction I have received from people regarding the MPT appearance has been uniformly positive,” Perez says. “People tell me it’s time to break the logjam on Capitol Hill. They’ve also told me that my friend Cynthia is a formidable debate opponent.” Boyle is the current president of the Maryland Pharmacists Association and an officer in the American Pharmacists Association. Having served patients in community, health-system, and consulting pharmacy practice, she
supports the safety of drug products in a system of coordinated patient care. Perez has argued that drug importation from Canada can be structured safely if participants are allowed to purchase no more than a 90-day supply of FDA-approved maintenance medications used to treat chronic conditions. He chaired a Montgomery County Council task force that found that a drug importation program could save the county $6 million annually if 40 percent of those eligible participated, and as much as $15 million with 100 percent participation. “This issue is important and timely because the affordability of prescription drugs is the number one consumer issue in America,” Perez says. “Cynthia and I have a shared interest in enhancing access to affordable prescription
drugs. The ‘how to’ part of it is where we disagree.” The debate was aired twice nationally on Oct. 28 on the C-Span Networks: C-Span and C-Span 2.
GIVING TO UMB A gift made in honor of a loved one, teacher, student, or colleague is a wonderful way to recognize a person’s life and accomplishments or to commemorate a special occasion, such as a birthday, graduation, or anniversary. For more information or to contribute to UMB online, visit www.giving.umaryland.edu.
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9-11 Commemoration Features Commission Member
Last month, we celebrated Founders Week with the theme “Defining A Decade,” in honor of President David J. Ramsay and his decade of leadership to this campus. It seems only fitting, then, to reflect on the year we have had at the Dental School. Our year at the Dental School was defined by several positive events. This year, we launched a new magazine, Mdental, which clearly speaks to the heart of our mission in dental education, service, and research. Based on our level of research funding, the School achieved a No. 2 ranking from the National Institutes of Health among all dental schools in the nation. And, our pain research received national recognition in Science magazine, which is a major feat for any school, especially for a dental institution. In September, we successfully completed our Christian Stohler accreditation from the American Dental Association’s Council on Dental Accreditation. Not only did the Dental School pass the accreditation, we received commendations in several key areas, including a commendation for our new dental facility. Our 15-month accreditation process underscores what is key for any successful organization—the need to include and consider every person who participates in or who is affected by the mission. Our successes in the Dental School mirror the important values of our University. We thrive in an environment of collegial support, strong campus leadership, and excellent students, faculty, staff, and alumni. This is certainly true for each school and department at UMB. The University has enjoyed an excellent decade of thoughtful, innovative leadership under President Ramsay, and we have finished a strong year at the Dental School. As we collectively move forward, I am certain that we will continue to welcome new challenges, create exciting opportunities, and deliver outstanding service to our constituent populations. Christian S. Stohler DMD, DrMedDent Dean
School of Medicine Scientist Receives Prestigious Presidential Award LARRY ROBERTS
A School of Medicine faculty member recently received the 2003 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the nation’s highest honor for such professionals at the outset of their independent research careers. Steven D. Munger, PhD, assistant professor of anatomy and neuro- Steven D. Munger biology, was honored for his research into the sense of taste. Munger’s study, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is investigating how sweet receptors on the tongue interact with chemically different substances, such as table sugar or artificial sweetener. The research could lead to new and more versatile artificial sweeteners that taste more like natural sugar. Alternative artificial sweeteners could benefit those battling obesity or diabetes. The award was presented in Washington, D.C., by John H. Marburger III, science advisor to President Bush and director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). Congress established OSTP in 1976 with a broad mandate to advise the president and others within the Executive Office of the President on the effect of science and technology on domestic and international affairs.
Established in 1996, the annual Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers honors researchers within their fields who are among the most promising in the nation. Eight federal departments and agencies nominate scientists and engineers at the start of their careers whose work shows the greatest promise in fulfilling the nominating agency’s mission. Participating agencies award these budding scientists and engineers up to 5 years of funding to further their research in support of critical government missions. “I was very surprised and very honored to learn of the award,” says Munger, who will receive a 2-year grant extension and an additional $750,000 in funding to continue his research. “I feel a strong sense of responsibility to live up to the confidence that has been shown in me by the NIH and the OSTP.”
Jamie Gorelick, a member of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (also known as the 9/11 Commission), delivered a lecture, “The Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States: Strengthening the United States to Meet Jamie Gorelick at the 9/11 teach-in. the Threat of Terror,” to students and faculty system that transcends traditional governduring UMB’s fourth annual 9/11 teach-in ment boundaries; strengthening congres29. Gorelick is a partner at the on Sept. sional oversight to improve quality and national law firm Wilmer, Cutler, accountability; and fortifying FBI and Pickering, Hale and Dorr LLP. During the homeland defenders. Clinton Administration she served as U.S. “The 9/11 events teach us the impordeputy attorney general (second-highest tance of integrating strategic intelligence of Justice). position at the Department from all sources into joint operational Gorelick was also general counsel at the planning that spans the domestic and Department of Defense. foreign divide, and for a unity of effort,” Gorelick spoke as part of the 9/11 said Gorelick. Commission’s campaign to promote its According to Gorelick, U.S. strategy recommendations, now under consideraneeds to include dismantling the al Qaeda tion by Congress. The commission, a 10terrorist network and prevailing over member independent, bipartisan group the ideology that contributes to Islamic created by congressional legislation and terrorism. The commission has proposed President Bush in late 2002, was chartered a three-prong strategy that involves proto prepare a full and complete account of tecting against and preparing for terrorist the circumstances surrounding the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The commission attacks, attacking terrorists and their organizations, and preventing the continwas also mandated to provide recommenued growth of Islamic terrorists groups. dations designed to guard against future She also discussed sending the message attacks. The commission’s final report, to Muslim parents that terrorists such as recently nominated for a National Book Osama Bin Ladin offer a vision of death Award, has been at the top of U.S. bestand violence, while America and its allies sellers’ lists since its release on July 22. offer a vision for a brighter future. Gorelick “The United States became a nation stressed that the enemy is not Islam, transformed,” Gorelick said of the event. but the threat posed by a minority strain “Three years later, are we safe? We’re safer within the religion that does not distinguish today, but we are not safe. We made recpolitics from religion and distorts both. ommendations that can make us safer and “Jamie Gorelick is an extremely impresmore secure.” did She and public personality. lawyer sive Gorelick explained the importance of job of explaining to UMB’s a wonderful solid intelligence capabilities, and how a faculty and students the difficult work of failure in this area led to the Sept. 11 the 9/11 Commission, and the way in many of the report’s attacks. She covered which the group was able to work through major recommendations, pointing out that their political diversity to develop the the complex pre-9/11 system of intelliunanimous recommendations that were so gence gathering and information sharing well-received by the country,” says Michael divided the intelligence community, crippling its ability to protect against an attack. Greenberger, JD, director of the Center of Health and Homeland Security and profesThe recommendations include a call for sor at the School of Law. “Her insights unity by: establishing a National about the difficult job of converting the Counterterrorism Center; hiring a new 9/11 report into legislation were also fasciNational Counterterrorism director; creatnating.” ing a network-based, information-sharing
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ROSALIA SCALIA
TOM JEMSKI
BILL DENISON
A Successful Year at Dental School
Rivest Named President and CEO of UMMC Jeffrey A. Rivest, a senior health care executive who has played a key role in the growth and success of several top academic medical centers, joined UMMC in November as president and chief executive officer. Before joining the medical center, Rivest held key leadership roles at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia over a period of 16 years. “Jeff is an exceptional health care leader with more than 25 years of experience working in complex academic medical centers. I believe his vast experience and interpersonal skills will enable him to be a very effective leader for the University of Maryland Medical Center,” says UMMS President Edmond F. Notebaert. For the complete story, visit www.umm.edu/news/releases/rivest.html. Jeffrey A. Rivest
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November/December 2004
IN THE NEWS
Benjamin Civiletti and Reena Shah JUDY HEIGER
Friends and colleagues honored former U.S. Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti, LLB, an alumnus of the School of Law, on Oct. 12 with a new scholarship bearing his name. The scholarship serves as a tribute to Civiletti’s commitment to public service. As part of the $8 million already raised for UMB’s new Presidential Scholarship Fund, the Civeletti Scholarship is earmarked to go to the School of Law. Civiletti served as U.S. attorney general from 1979 to 1981 during the Carter administration. During his tenure, he argued before the International Court of Justice on behalf of Americans held captive in Iran. He also argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the government’s right to denaturalize Nazi war criminals. Today, he is a trial lawyer and chair of the law firm Venable LLP. James Shea, JD, managing partner at Venable LLP, was instrumental in the creation of the School of Law scholarship
to honor Civiletti. Shea and several other friends of Civiletti attended the Oct. 12 event. Speakers included Griffin Bell, LLB, U.S. attorney general, 1977–1979; Robert Grey Jr., JD, president, American Bar Association; Paul Sarbanes, JD, U.S. Senator, Maryland; and Karen Rothenberg, JD, MPA, dean, School of Law. Bell, who recruited Civiletti for the Justice Department, said each scholarship has the potential to support a student who shows Civiletti’s commitment to public service. “America is blessed to produce people like Benjamin Civiletti,” said Grey. The inaugural Benjamin R. Civiletti Scholarship was officially presented to Reena K. Shah, a first-year law student. The gift is funding a permanent, full scholarship for law students demonstrating a commitment to leadership and public service. Shah, who holds a bachelor’s degree in environmental studies from George Washington University and a master’s degree in public affairs from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, was delighted to receive the award. Shah has demonstrated her commitment to public service through 3 years of work with the Peace Corps in Nepal and a summer spent working at an African conservation center in Kenya. “The scholarship is an extraordinary opportunity,” she said, noting that Civiletti will serve as her mentor during her time at the School of Law. “I believe that Reena is the ideal candidate for the first scholarship,” said Civiletti. “I look forward to getting to know her and the future scholars who follow her.”
Federal Grant for Cancer Center LARRY ROBERTS
The School of Medicine has received a $2.6 million federal grant to renovate and upgrade the research facilities of the Greenebaum Cancer Center. The grant was announced by Congressman Elijah E. Cummings, and the grant’s principal investigator, Donald E. Wilson, MD, MACP, vice president for medical affairs and dean of the School. The funds will be used to renovate laboratory space on the 10th floor of the Bressler Research Building and will enable the Greenebaum Cancer Center to expand its important basic cancer research initiatives. The new laboratories will feature specialized equipment for new drug development. “This grant recognizes the strength of our basic research program and the important work of our cancer researchers. It will help us to expand our research capabilities and open the door to significant future advances in cancer treatment,” says Wilson. “This funding will provide critical, state-of-the-art laboratory space,” says Kevin Cullen, MD, director of the Greenebaum Cancer Center and professor of medicine at the School. “The new laboratories will house researchers who
are working on hormone-regulated cancers, such as breast and prostate cancer, and will help us develop new therapies for these diseases,” Cullen says. The laboratory renovation is part of a major, multi-million dollar expansion program at the center, which houses 120 top scientists and clinical investigators performing cutting-edge research on a wide variety of cancers, including breast, prostate, lung, head, and neck cancer. Researchers in the new facility will continue the pioneering work of University of Maryland researcher Angela Brodie, who developed a new class of drugs called aromatase inhibitors more than 10 years ago. A recent study found that this class of drugs reduces death from breast cancer by up to 40 percent—a significant advance that had its roots here in Baltimore. University cancer researchers are also involved in developing vaccines to treat prostate cancer. Such vaccines would boost the body’s immune system to fight cancer cells. Clinical trials of the new vaccines are expected to begin in several months. “Those of us who live in the Baltimore region are proud of the excellent cancer care and research underway at the University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center,” says Cummings.
Dean Harris Awarded Papal Honor ROSALIA SCALIA
Jesse J. Harris, PhD, MSW, dean of the School of Social Work, recently was awarded a papal honor, the Benemerenti Jesse Harris Medal, for his service to the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Harris joined 30 other awardees in a special ceremony at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Baltimore on Oct. 31. The Benemerenti Medal is awarded to men and women who have merited special recognition by the Vatican. Benemerenti is Latin for “good merit.” Recipients need not be Catholic; Harris is a Baptist. A longtime supporter of the work, mission, and values of Catholic Charities, Harris has served on its board of trustees for 7 years and currently chairs its human resources committee. In addition, he has served for a decade on the Archdiocese’s independent review board for sexual misconduct. “Catholic Charities serves vulnerable populations. I feel extremely fortunate to have been asked to be a member of its board of trustees. I hope my contributions, if even in a small way, enrich someone’s life,” says Harris. “I am deeply honored to receive this award.” A retired U.S. Army colonel, Harris joined the School of Social Work faculty in 1990 and was appointed dean of the School in September 1991. During his career as a military social worker, Harris served as a consultant to the Army’s surgeon general and was chief of social work services at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He also served as a consultant to the U.S. ambassador to Mozambique, for whom he developed a plan for the care and treatment of children who were forced into service as child soldiers. More recently, he served as a panel member at a National Institutes of Health conference on pain, depression, and fatigue. He is an advisory board member of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children. Harris earned a master’s degree in psychology from Howard University in 1960 and MSW and PhD degrees from the University of Maryland School of Social Work in 1971 and 1976, respectively. In addition to his work for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Harris is past chair of the board of directors of the Baltimore Mental Health Systems. He has served on the boards of the Council on Social Work Education; Union Memorial Hospital; the Baltimore Urban League; the Baltimore Fuel Fund, Inc.; the Baltimore Opera Company; and the Maryland Mentoring Partnership. Harris has been honored by the National Association of Social Workers as a Social Work Pioneer and received its Knee-Wittman Lifetime Achievement Award in Health and Mental Health. He has been named a distinguished scholar and member of the National Academies of Practice. “The Archdiocese of Baltimore is enormously honored that the Holy Father would single out our own distinguished lay men and women for these honors,” says Cardinal William H. Keeler, archbishop of Baltimore. KEVIN WEBER
New Civiletti Scholarship
“Forget that he was Superman in the movies. He became a genuine hero to millions of people.” In the Oct. 12 Pittsburgh Tribune Review, Bartley Griffith, MD, professor of surgery and head of the Division of Cardiac Surgery in the School of Medicine, discussed actor Christopher Reeve who died on Oct. 10. Griffith met Reeve in Pittsburgh in 2001 when the actor-turned-activist spoke at a conference. “This industry is very fragile and instead of growing it’s getting worse and worse everyday. When all is said and done, this industry is heading toward death.” In an Associated Press story on Oct. 15, Michael Greenberger, JD, director of the Center for Health and Homeland Security and professor in the School of Law, discussed the failing Project BioShield. The project was developed to jump-start the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries by guaranteeing contracts to make drugs for combating potential bioweapons. “This points out how vulnerable we are. Suppose there’s this new virus that comes to the United States. We’re not going to be prepared with one manufacturer.” In the Oct. 7 Baltimore Sun, James King, MD, professor in the School of Medicine and vaccine researcher in its Center for Vaccine Development, discussed the national shortage of influenza vaccine and the need for a long-term remedy for a national vaccine supply system that critics say is flawed. In the Oct. 8 Washington Post, Linda Simoni-Wastila, PhD, associate research professor in the School of Pharmacy and expert on youth prescription drug abuse, discussed precautions the nation’s pharmacy giants are taking in response to a trend that doctors and anti-drug abuse activists say could grow into an epidemic—teenagers and young adults using medicine to get high. Simoni-Wastila said perhaps the best way to combat the trend is through improvements in the drugs themselves. On WYPR Radio news on Oct. 8, Doug Colbert, JD, professor in the School of Law, discussed the decision by Baltimore Ravens star running back Jamal Lewis to enter a guilty plea to charges of using a cell phone to facilitate a drug trade, rather than stand trial in what Colbert calls “a winnable case.” Colbert noted the pressure on defendants in Lewis’ position to accept pleas to a lesser charge, given the rigid sentencing guidelines that federal judges must apply for more serious charges. On the Oct. 7 National Public Radio program “Marketplace,” Frank Palumbo, PhD, JD, professor in the School of Pharmacy and director of its Center on Drugs and Public Policy, spoke about the drug company Merck & Co, Inc., pulling its blockbuster painkiller Vioxx from the market on Sept. 30. Merck made the move after the drug was identified with an increased risk of heart attacks and strokes.
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LAURELS Dental School Harold Crossley, DDS, PhD, associate professor of pharmacology, received the Clyde and Marie Gooderham 2004 Award given by the University of Utah School on Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependencies. Ronald Dubner, DDS, PhD, professor and chair, Department of Biomedical Sciences, received the degree of Doctor of Science, honoris causa, from McGill University, Montreal, Canada, on Sept. 18. Mark Macek, DDS, DrPH, associate professor, Program in Health Services Research, and Harold Goodman, DMD, professor and director of the Health Services Research Program of the Department of Health Promotion and Policy, published two articles recently in Pediatric Dentistry, “Survey of Oral Health Status of Maryland Schoolchildren, 2000–2001,” and “Self-Reported Awareness of Unrestored Dental Caries: Survey of the Oral Health Status of Maryland School Children, 2000–2001.” Macek was also named associate director of oral health for a $3-million training grant, Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry, funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration. Richard J. Manski, DDS, professor and director of the Health Services Research Program of the Department of Health Promotion and Policy, recently presented the opening address in Chicago at an evidence-based dentistry symposium sponsored by the American Dental Association. The topic for the address was “Patient Safety, Quality, Guidelines, and Federal Support for Evidence-Based Practice.” Robert A. Ord, DDS, MD, professor and chair, Department of Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery, has been appointed section editor for oncology for the International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. He will become the Ware Professor/Lecturer at the University of California, San Francisco, in January and will give the Norman Rowe Lecture at the British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in 2005. Alexander A. Pazoki, MD, DDS, director of the postgraduate residency program in the Department of Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery, was the keynote speaker at the Second International Iranian Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery from Oct. 6 to 8 in Tehran, Iran. School of Law Taunya Lovell Banks, JD, Jacob A. France Professor of Equality Jurisprudence, was a panelist at the People of Color Conference at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 10. Abraham Dash, JD, professor, presented a talk, “The Constitution and the Bill of Rights,” at a meeting of the Maryland State Daughters of the American Revolution in Crofton, Md., on Sept. 19. Diane Hoffmann, MS, JD, associate dean, director of the Law and Health Care Program, and professor, spoke at a conference, Meeting Challenges in the Decades of Pain, sponsored by Partners for Understanding Pain in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 17. Her talk was titled “Pain and the Law.” Lawrence Sung, PhD, JD, professor, recently published a book, Patent Infringement Remedies.
Robin Fretwell Wilson, JD, associate professor, co-authored an article, “Using Tort Law to Secure Patient Dignity,” in the October 2004 issue of Trial Magazine. School of Medicine Didier A. Depireux, PhD, assistant professor, Lauren M. Jones, graduate student, and Asaf Keller, PhD, professor, all of the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, have documented their current research in a paper, “Robust Temporal Coding in the Trigeminal System.” Their study was published in the June 25 issue of Science. Howard Dubowitz, MD, MS, professor, Department of Pediatrics, was elected to the executive council of the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect. Gary M. Fiskum, PhD, professor, departments of anesthesiology, biochemistry and molecular biology, and pharmacology and experimental therapeutics, was recently awarded a 3-year, $1.2 million research grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Donna S. Hanes, MD, assistant professor, Department of Medicine, has been named the director of clinical education for the School of Medicine. In this role, she will be responsible for the design and coordination of the clinical experiences of UMB medical students. The focus of this effort will culminate in the course, Introduction to Clinical Medicine, which will be available to students during their first 2 years of medical school. Mary Rodgers, PhD, PT, department chair and professor, Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, recently received an award from Magic Wheels, Inc., under a National Institutes of Health Small Business Innovation Research grant, for the project, “TwoSpeed Manual Wheelchair.” The 3-year agreement, in the amount of $79,00 in years one and two, and $28,370 in year three, runs from August 2004 through July 2007. School Of Nursing Janet Allan, PhD, RN, CS, FAAN, dean, moderated a panel discussion for congressional staffers, “The Other Side of the Nursing Shortage: The Faculty Crisis,” held recently at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. More than 150 individuals attended the event, which was sponsored by the Americans for Nursing Shortage Relief Alliance, in cooperation with Sen. Barbara Mikulski. Vanessa Fahie, PhD, RN, assistant professor, received two grants from the Health Resources and Services Administration, a $470,000 grant for her nursing workforce diversity work, and a $40,000 grant for support of scholarship activities. Karen Kauffman, PhD, RN, associate professor, Department of Organizational Systems and Adult Health, recently was listed in the 2005–2006 edition of The National Register’s Who’s Who in Executives and Professionals, for reaching a level of recognizable success in her field. Kate McPhaul, MPH, RN, clinical instructor, and Jane Lipscomb, PhD, RN, FAAN, associate professor, both of the Department of Family and
Community Health, published an article, “Workplace Violence in Health Care: Recognized But Not Regulated,” in the September 2004 issue of the Online Journal of Issues in Nursing. Barbara Sattler, DrPH, RN, FAAN, research associate professor, received a 1-year, $4,200 training contract, “Community-Based Environmental Health Assessment,” sponsored by the National Association of County and City Health Officials. She also received a 3-year subcontract, “Training and Technical Assistance to Brownfields, EPA Region 3,” in the amount of $150,000, sponsored by Johns Hopkins University. School of Pharmacy Larry L. Augsburger, PhD, professor, was honored on Nov. 7 by the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists with its 2004 Outstanding Educator Award, for his extensive contributions to teaching the pharmaceutical sciences. Richard N. Dalby, PhD, professor, was elected a fellow of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists on Nov. 7 for his outstanding contributions to the pharmaceutical sciences. James A. Trovato, PharmD, assistant professor, was elected director at large of the executive committee of the clinical specialists and scientists section of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. School of Social Work Heather Girvin, PhD, assistant professor, recently published an article, “Beyond Stages of Change: Using Readiness for Change and Caregiver-Reported Problems to Identify Meaningful Subgroups in a Child Welfare Sample,” in The Children and Youth Services Review, Volume 26. Sharon Hodgson, MA, assistant dean, has been appointed for a second term to the Catholic High School of Baltimore’s strategic planning committee on its board of trustees. Karen Hopkins, PhD, associate professor, and Cheryl Hyde, PhD, associate professor, recently published an article, “Diversity Climates in Human Service Agencies: An Exploratory Assessment,” in The Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work. Melissa B. Littlefield, PhD, assistant professor, published an article, “Evaluation of Discussion Forums in Social Work Diversity Courses: Characteristics Related to Positive Learning Outcomes,” in The Journal of Technology in Human Services. The article was awarded third place in the journal’s best article competition. Howard A. Palley, PhD, professor, coauthored an article, “Long-Term Care Policy for the Elderly in the Zaporozhye Region of Ukraine: A Case Study of Social Development Following the Collapse of Communism,” published in the Journal of Aging and Social Policy. Staff Robert Burke, University Fire Marshal and a staff member of Environmental Health and Safety, was recognized as a member of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) technical committee that published the 2004 edition of the fire code NFPA 45, “Standard on Fire Protection for Laboratories Using Chemicals.” NFPA 45 is the fire code that pertains to all research laboratories on campuses.
Diane DePanfilis
Carolyn Pritchett
Joseph P. Kao
Research Lecturer of the Year
Public Servant of the Year
Teacher of the Year
Oct. 12 to 14, faculty, staff, and students celebrated Founders Week with a staff luncheon, student cookout, faculty research lecture, and black-tie gala. The theme for the week was “Defining a Decade,” which recognized President David J. Ramsay and his accomplishments during his 10 years of leadership at UMB. Each year, the University honors three of its finest with the Founders Week award. This year’s award recipients are profiled here.
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iane DePanfilis, PhD, assistant dean for research in the School of Social Work and co-director of the Center for Families—a facility operated by the Department of Pediatrics, the School of Medicine, and the School of Social Work to promote the safety and health of children and families—knows that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, especially when it comes to the well-being of children. DePanfilis is one of the founders of Family Connections, a partnership of the schools of social work, medicine, nursing, and law. DePanfilis co-founded Family Connections, which provides services and support to at-risk families living in Baltimore’s West Side Empowerment Zone. According to DePanfilis, neglect accounts for more than half of all child maltreatment reports received by child protective services. “But,” she adds, “appropriate prevention strategies can help vulnerable families before they reach this point.” Family Connections, which started in Baltimore in 1996, targets families with children between the ages of 5 and 11 who have no current involvement with child protective services—but who are considered to be vulnerable to child abuse and neglect because of factors such as poverty, insufficient housing, parental drug use, and family instability. “Since its inception, the program has served about 350 families.” says DePanfilis. “The families who come to us are struggling. Our goal is to support them in ways that will prevent more intrusive responses from child protective services or other social services agencies.” Program staff work with families, who enter the program voluntarily, on tasks such as problem solving, positive discipline methods, developing social supports, and opportunities for positive family interactions through community activities. Family Connections is part of the University’s Center for Families, which recently received a 5-year grant for $1.6 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Administration on Children, Youth, and Families. The center will use the grant to create a version of its Family Connections — that will address the needs of grandparents raising grandchildren—an increasingly common situation in Baltimore and throughout the country, according to DePanfilis. DePanfilis has been working in child welfare her entire career. In 1990, she earned her PhD at the School of Social Work, and in 1996 she decided to join the faculty. “I was solicited by recruiters to teach at other schools, but I am committed to the mission of this school—and the University to provide service to the community and to do research on what works.”
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hen Carolyn Pritchett, a debt management counselor in the Student Financial Aid Office, became involved with UMB’s Dr. Seuss Day committee 4 years ago, she had no idea that her interest would evolve into a year-round fund-raising activity, let alone earn her the Public Servant of the Year Award. Every March, more than 75 third-graders from James McHenry Elementary School in west Baltimore come to the University for Dr. Seuss Day, a commemoration of author Theodor Geisel’s birthday, and, as part of the Dr. Seuss Read Across America program—a celebration of literacy and education via Geisel’s 44 children’s books. Pritchett and her committee spend nearly a year making the event memorable for the 7- and 8-year-olds. The highlight of each Dr. Seuss Day is a reading of a Dr. Seuss story by a special guest. Last year, for the Seussentenial, which would have been Theodor Geisel’s 100th birthday (Geisel died in 1991), Pritchett arranged for the ringmaster from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus to read Geisel’s If I Ran the Circus. “After the reading, the children break off in small groups and listen to 10 presenters talk about their jobs,” says Pritchett. “The children who come to Dr. Seuss Day are poor and may not have role models who can show them how an education can lead to a better life.” Previous Dr. Seuss Day presenters included fire fighters, police officers, teachers, and engineers who work with the Hubble telescope. Pritchett, who has worked for the University for more than 20 years, was honored in 2004 by WJZ-TV with a Hometown Hero Award for her work with Dr. Seuss Day. But the event is not just about reading and education, Pritchett explains. It’s about fun, too. “Every year we have several costumed animal characters visit the children, and they really enjoy them. We’ve had the Ravens Bird, and of course, we always have the Cat in the Hat.” Pritchett, herself, is a Dr. Seuss fan but says the reason she works so hard to make Dr. Seuss Day a success is because she can relate to the children who come to the program, many of whom are in foster care or wards of the state. “My own parents died when I was 11. I know what it’s like to move from home to home and have an unstable life,” she says. “But I also know that it only takes one person to make an impression on a child. It only takes one person to inspire a child and make a difference and show them how far they can go if they focus on their education and stay in school.”
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ccording to Joseph Kao, PhD, few concepts in human knowledge are so esoteric that they can’t be put into understandable language. “It is possible to explain the most complex scientific things in accessible ways,” says Kao, a professor in the School of Medicine’s Department of Physiology. “I do this for my students by relating new knowledge to something they already know.” Kao, whose primary appointment is in the Medical Biotechnology Center of the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute (where he heads the Nanobiology Program), comes upon this teaching philosophy by way of his two uncles, who were chemistry professors. “They made great visual and tactile analogies for their students,” Kao says. “I learned from their example.” Since 1990, Kao has taught numerous courses at the University in such diverse programs as physiology, molecular and cell biology, and neuroscience, and directed the master’s program in physiology since its inception in 1993. These days, he continues to teach larger classes of medical physiology students and small graduate classes, as well as students who work in his lab. Regardless of their specific discipline, Kao says all of his students learn best when they have a balance between focused attention on their work and mental relaxation. “I believe that a teacher’s primary task is to predispose a student’s mind to achieve this balance,” says Kao, who tries to lead by example through humor and by engendering a certain lightheartedness in class. Another way Kao facilitates learning is by making a conscious effort to think of new ways to help students, who sometimes have “completely different world views,” to understand. “There is no one explanation that suits every student,” Kao says. “I am constantly thinking about alternative ways to explain a subject.” To best achieve this, Kao strives to avoid a common pitfall that longtime instructors often face: forgetting what it was like to be a student. “As professors gain facility in a subject, the same old explanations become comfortable and facile. But by remembering what it was like to know little, we instructors re-explore or re-invent the subject, which rekindles our own excitement,” he explains. In turn, Kao says, students perceive their teacher’s excitement and are enlivened and encouraged by it. “My students have taught me to think more broadly than I would otherwise. They challenge me to be a wiser and better teacher,” Kao says. “And I gain enormous satisfaction from seeing them mature into confident and humane scholars and professionals.”
Thank you to everyone who attended the Founders Week activities and who made it a resounding success! Founders Week Sponsors Legg Mason, Inc. Vertis, Inc. Whiting-Turner Contracting Company Design Collective M&T Bank MIE Properties, Inc. Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP STV Group, Inc. Video Production Consulting, Inc. Northrop Grumman Staff Luncheon Volunteers Thank you to staff from the Office of External Affairs who served food, and to Pat Maloney for collecting tickets. A special thanks goes to President and Mrs. Ramsay and their daughter, Sarah, and to the vice presidents and assistant vice presidents who served hors d’oeuvres before the luncheon.
Student Cookout Volunteers Special thanks to the deans, vice presidents, and other honored guests who helped serve our students. Gala Volunteers Julie Bower Tracy Boyd Dianne Cooper Amanda Just Tricia McGaa Mary Nichols Wilma Pemberton Mike Ritmiller Rosalia Scalia Daryll Smith Nancy Steele Jan Wright Award Winner’s Photos Robert Burke Gala Photos Jay Baker Luncheon and Cookout Photos Tracy Boyd Profiles Danielle Sweeney
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Student Cookout Davidge Hall Lawn
Staff Luncheon Westminster Hall
Staff enjoy a wonderful luncheon at Westminster Hall.
The student cookout at Davidge Hall was well attended.
Maggie Wilson serves students their lunch.
Lecture School of Social Work Auditorium
Dr. Ramsay and daughter, Sarah, serve food to staff.
DePanfilis delivers lecture.
The staff of the Office of External Affairs serves lunch. Diane DePanfilis, Research Lecturer of the Year
Founders Week Gala Hyatt Regency Baltimore
From left: Anne Ramsay, Frank Gladhill, Bess Gladhill, and President David Ramsay
Far left: Christian Stohler (standing), dean of the Dental School, and guests.
From left: student speaker Maribel Roig, law student; School of Law Dean Karen Rothenberg; Civiletti Scholarship Recipient and law student Reena Shah.
Congressman Ben Cardin and President Ramsay
From left: Regent Joseph Tydings, BOT Chairman Richard Himelfarb, and Regent Robert Pevenstein
Fourth from left: Donald Wilson, vice president for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine, and guests.
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November/December 2004
ED FISHEL
UMB Police Swearing-In Ceremony Recognizes Excellence
Officers are sworn in at the police recognition ceremony in Davidge Hall. ROSALIA SCALIA
Under the watchful eyes of the Greek busts of learned men that line Chemical Hall–the first-floor auditorium in Davidge Hall–campus public safety officers gathered Oct. 8 for a ceremony to swear in new officers and recognize others for their valor and service to the community. Six officers received promotion certificates, four laid down their badges in retirement, four earned commendations, and nine police officers and five security officers were sworn in. One civilian received an award for her assistance to the University’s public safety department. The ceremony began with a call to order, a processional of the officers, and the presentation of colors—the Maryland and United States flags. Chief Edward H. Ballard, director of public safety, reported that the public safety department had reduced crime on campus by 48 percent over the last year, while educating the community about personal safety and introducing new law enforcement techniques. In addition to the nine new police officers and five new security officers, the Department of Public Safety plans to augment its force with additional officers, who will graduate from a police academy in November.
“We have intentions of further reducing the crime rate and ensuring the safety of UMB’s faculty, staff, and students with extra security services for the UMB BioPark,” Ballard said. Officers Shantell Brown, Bruce Mealy, Harold Pitts, and John Scott were given special commendation awards for thwarting a carjacking in February on the 500 block of West Lexington Street. Brown spotted the carjacking in progress and radioed for assistance. Mealy, Pitts, and Scott responded. The four gave chase to the suspect and caught him with a law student’s purse and book bag as well as duct tape, a switchblade, and a rope. Linda Stewart, an employee at the School of Social Work, earned a citizen’s citation for helping with the identification of a man who assaulted a campus physician. Stewart, who was waiting at the bus stop when she witnessed the assault, provided police with a description of the assailant and rendered aid to the victim, who was bleeding. She later spotted the suspect and notified campus police, who apprehended the man. Stewart went to court twice to testify as a witness in the matter. Col. Cleveland A. Barnes was recognized for his recent promotion to assistant director of public safety.
Dental School White Coat Ceremony
On Sept. 8, the Dental School held its second annual White Coat Ceremony in Davidge Hall, welcoming new students to the profession.
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On Oct. 22, the University System of Maryland (USM) Board of Regents issued a report on its Effectiveness and Efficiency (E&E) Project. Actions outlined in the report will result in an estimated $26.6 million in savings by June 30, 2006, and a potential $50 million more by 2008. The savings will be redirected to help the system maintain nationally eminent academic, research, and service programs; to accommodate more students; and to mitigate tuition increases. The E&E Project will enable the system to accommodate an additional 2,100 fulltime-equivalent students during the next 3 years, at no additional cost to the state, by: moving undergraduate students through their academic programs in a more timely manner; increasing faculty course load system-wide; and making fuller use of facilities, administrative collaboration among institutions, and technological competencies. The project builds on the success of the system’s ongoing cost-containment program. In FY 2004 alone, that program yielded $65 million in cost savings or avoidance, reallocation of funds, and entrepreneurial revenue. “In this time of burgeoning enrollment demand and diminished state support, the University System of Maryland must fundamentally change the way it operates in order to protect quality, expand capacity, and moderate tuition increases,” said USM
Chancellor William E. Kirwan, PhD, at the October Board of Regents meeting. “By making systemic changes in the way we serve our increasing student population, both academically and administratively, we are doing our part to ensure that USM continues to serve the state with an exceptional system of higher education.” Among the report’s recommendations are: • Developing inter-institutional collaborations for more administrative functions, including financial aid and human resource management • Purchasing more commodities on a system-wide basis to leverage buying power and bring down costs • Re-engineering processes and maximizing new software applications to eliminate unnecessary duplication of functions • Developing policies that will build enrollment capacity and enable students to move through their academic programs more quickly • Developing institutionally based online course policies that promote and encourage greater use of online instruction During the past 15 months, the E&E group has worked closely with Kirwan, the institutional presidents, provosts, vice presidents, administrative staff, and an outside consultant to conduct a thorough review of USM operations. The full report is available on the USM Web site, www.usmd.edu/jcr/index.html.
Visiting Scholars at Nursing School Kim, whose expertise is mental health nursing, says Two scholars from that the Korean educational China and Korea system for nursing students is are currently visitmodeled entirely upon the ing the School of U.S. system. Forty-eight milNursing. Zhen Lin, lion people live in South MS, associate proKorea, which has an annual per fessor of nursing, capita income of $12,646. Nanjing Medical More than 90 percent of medSunah Kim and Zhen Lin University, China, ical care services are provided and Sunah Kim, by the private sector, and work PhD, associate professor, Yonsei University environments for health care professionals School of Nursing, South Korea, are studyare similar to those in the United States. ing at the School to broaden their knowlSouth Korea, like the United States, has edge of nursing education. Both came to high rates of diabetes, elevated cholesterol, UMB earlier this year and will complete hypertension, and heart disease. their visits in December. Kim hopes to develop nursing intervenLin, a widely published researcher, tions for battered women in Korea and for focuses on holistic nursing for gastrointestiKorean-Americans here. She also plans to nal patients. While at the School, she plans develop comparative studies of mental to explore how the curriculum dovetails health treatments for anxiety and depreswith clinical teaching and nursing research. sion among women in both countries. “There is a big difference in how While at the School of Nursing, Kim will patients are approached here and in research the differences in nursing educaChina,” says Lin. “In China we do everytion and practice between the two nearly thing for the patients. Here, patients like identical systems and establish internato do things for themselves. I’m learning tional collaboration with Korean scholars. that perhaps this second approach is bene“Having international visiting scholars is ficial because patients have to adjust to mutually beneficial. We all learn from each doing things for themselves once they leave other,” says Carolyn Waltz, PhD, director of the hospital.” international studies at the School. “We are According to Lin, nursing students in very open to having scholars here who are China spend less time in lab work and equally interested and involved in expanding clinical settings in the community than knowledge of nursing research and practice.” their American counterparts. She would Waltz planned and coordinated the like to bring innovations back to China, visits and hopes to bring a cadre of proposing curriculum changes that would faculty and students to South Korea in allow students to spend more time in cliniJanuary to observe the country’s nursing cal and community-nursing settings. education system. ROSALIA SCALIA
ROSALIA SCALIA
USM Issues Effectiveness and Efficiency Report
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FYI Year-End Giving Tips Keep receipts for gifts of $250 or more to file with your tax records. Gifts may be deductible from your federal income tax. Some states also allow income tax deductions for charitable gifts. Charitable gifts included in your estate plans can result in significant tax savings as well. Consult with your tax advisor to learn more about giving assets that allow for significant tax savings. Estate-plan instruments such as your will, living trust, retirement plans, and other vehicles can provide opportunities for charitable giving as well. Consult with your estate attorney to learn more about using estate-plan instruments to make gifts to charitable organizations. Financial Aid Exit Interviews Financial aid exit interviews are mandatory for all December 2004 candidates for graduation who received student loans while attending UMB. Sessions will be held on Dec. 2 and 3. Dec. 2: School of Law, Room 130 Session 1: 3:30–5 p.m. Session 2: 5:30–7 p.m. Dec. 3: School of Nursing, Room 140 9–10:30 a.m. Students must be on time and available for the entire session. You are required to complete a borrower information sheet, which will be provided at the interview. Diplomas will not be issued to any student who does not meet this federal requirement. Please be prepared with the following information: driver’s license number; name, address, and phone number of parents; two additional references (someone who will always know your mailing address); and the name of your Stafford lender. For additional information, contact Linda Ferreira at 6-6574. UMB Inclement Weather Announcements For the most up-to-date information in the event of inclement weather, call the UMB Campus Emergency Information Phone Line at 410-706-8622, or check the Campus Alerts page at www.umaryland.edu/alerts. The following radio and television stations in the metropolitan areas of Baltimore and Washington, D.C., will be notified if the University is closed or will be opening late due to inclement weather: Radio Stations: WBAL 1090 AM, WMAL 630 AM, WMIX 106.5 FM, WOLB 1010 AM, WPOC 93 FM, WTOP 1500 AM. Television: All major TV stations in the Baltimore/Washington area, including channels 2, 4, 7, 9, 11, 13, and 45. Interdisciplinary Course Explores Childhood Obesity A team made up of student leaders from the schools of social work, dentistry, law, medicine, nursing, and pharmacy has created the first interdisciplinary course at UMB open to all students on campus. The 1-credit course, Childhood Obesity: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Prevention and Intervention, will be offered Jan. 8–9, 2005. The first day of the course will provide an overview of how each discipline frames and addresses childhood obesity, and instruction on working as part of an interdisciplinary team. The second day will allow students to work in collaborative teams and bring their knowledge into the community for a 1-day service project to be conducted during the spring semester (date to be announced). Members of the School of Social Work’s Maternal and Child Health Social Work
Leadership Project, directed by Edward Pecukonis, PhD, an associate professor in the School, conceived the course. Linking the students of UMB’s professional schools to produce graduates skilled in working in interdisciplinary teams, and to share promising research practices among disciplines, are two of the course’s objectives. For more information, please contact Pecukonis at 6-7533. New Student Web Page CITS recently developed a new Web site to provide a computing tool for the students of UMB. The site is a central place where students can go to locate computing resources on campus, download useful software, access general computing tutorials, and find any school-specific computing information. To access the site, please visit www.umaryland.edu/cits/students. The Women’s Health Research Group Grant Awards The Women’s Health Research Group in the School of Medicine recently named the 2004 Women’s Health Research Grant Award recipients. Grant funds totaling $47,394 were awarded this year, the eighth year of the grant program. Award winners from the School of Medicine are Bethany Griffin Deeds, PhD, assistant professor; Jessica A. Mong, PhD, assistant professor; Ivana Vucenik, PhD, associate professor; and Susan L. Zup, PhD, postdoctoral fellow. Two other recipients, Vanessa D’Souza, PhD, postdoctoral fellow, and Minori Kinjo, graduate student, are from the School of Pharmacy. For more information about the program, visit www.medschool.umaryland. edu/womenshealth. HS/HSL News Library Classes The schedule of library classes for the fall 2004 semester is now available on the HS/HSL Web site at www.hshsl.umary land.edu/main.html. Select the “Education and Training” link and then the “Fall 2004 Class Schedule” to view the complete list. Classes include: Locating the Best Evidence, Health and Wellness Materials for Consumers, Science Citation Index, EndNote, and Reference Manager.
Halloween at School of Nursing
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CALENDAR Nov. 23: School of Law Open House.
Dec. 6: SWCOS Second Annual Craft
5:30–7 p.m. 500 W. Baltimore St. Tour the law school, speak with students and alumni, and attend an information session about the admission process and diverse aspects of life and scholarship at the School. To register, send an e-mail with “Open House” in the subject line to admissions@law.umaryland.edu or call 6-3492.
Fair. 10 a.m.–3 p.m. School of Social Work, 2nd Floor Bridge. Crafts, holiday gift baskets, food, and more. If interested in renting a table to sell crafts, call the SWCOS Office at 6-1882.
Nov. 30: 48th Annual Pincoffs Lecture in Medicine. “Aquaporin Water Channels: From Atomic Structure to Clinical Medicine.” 5–6 p.m. Davidge Hall. Lecture features 2003 Nobel laureate in chemistry Peter Agre, MD, professor of biological chemistry and medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. For more information, contact Molly Lutz at mlutz@medicine.umaryland.edu or 8-2488. Dec. 2-3: New Research Coordinator
Training Course. 8:15 a.m.–4 p.m. Learning Center, Weinberg Building, UM Medical Center. Program is designed for research nurses, coordinators, and assistants who are new to research or to the University. Pre-registration and fee required. For information and registration, contact the Center for Clinical Trials at 6-2328 or cct@som.umaryland.edu. Workshop will be repeated quarterly in 2005.
Dec. 14: Clinical Research Networking
Meeting. “Researcher Liability.” 2–3 p.m. Health Sciences Facility II, Room 600. Presented by Diane E. Hoffmann, JD, associate dean, director, Law and Health Care Program, School of Law. Pre-registration not required. All research team members invited. Light refreshments will be served. For more information, contact the Center for Clinical Trials at 6-2328 or cct@som.umaryland.edu. Dec. 18: School of Social Work Master’s
Program Admissions Information Seminar. Social Work Building. 10 a.m. Session allows interested students to get questions answered, see the School, and hear important information about applying to the MSW program. For more information, contact the Admissions Office at 6-7922.
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Dec. 4: School of Social Work PhD Program Information Session. 10:30 a.m. Social Work Building. Session allows interested students to visit the School, meet and talk with faculty, and learn more about opportunities in the PhD program. For more information, contact the program’s director, Julianne Oktay, PhD, at 6-7960.
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